We chose to work on period instrument, and an amazingly demanding symphony like Mozart 39: the challenge of performing on these instruments in our hometown Formigine, in front of the people used to our "modern" sound, was bold, but people enjoyed the symphony as much as the other ones and had the chance -in a particularly lively and funny question-time after the concert - to know more about these beautiful, charming, difficult instruments. Our first Mozart was done!
When a new chamber orchestra is born, usually starts its path from Mozart and Haydn. We never felt Spira as a "chamber orchestra" though, and when the idea of it came to our mind we decided that Mozart and Haydn should have been our final goal: that's why the decision of studying a Mozart symphony in our way came after 2 years of work with the group. We did practice Mozart works before, in Barcelona with our teacher Lorenzo Coppola, but we never dared to do it on our own.